Free Willie!

What they didn't find on the Red Headed Stranger's tour bus.

Good ol' Willie Nelson and his band got nabbed last week with a pound and a half of ganja and some hallucinogenic mushrooms after being pulled over for a "routine" traffic stop by a Louisiana state trooper. While we'd expect nothing less from our Rasta-man Willie (not to mention a Bloody Mary Mornin'), it does serve as a nice reminder never to tour in Louisiana or other Southern states.

Still smokin'.

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Country crooner Nelson, of course, has long been an advocate for the legalization of marijuana (along with organic farming and the ability to grow a long-ass double ponytail without being called a geriatric silly-goat). Sure, at the age of 73, he could have claimed the sack of weed was for glaucoma or a host of other ailments, but he took it like a Ramblin' Man, got his ticket for possession, and was On the Road Again.

Thing is, Willie really has made some amazingly positive gestures for the planet. And we're not talking about signing autographs free of charge, helping a little lady across the street, or playin' his fine gee-tar, Trigger—we're talking major philanthropy here. The singer started Farm Aid in 1985 (which has raised over $25 million for struggling small farmers); he founded BioWillie, a company that makes fuel from vegetable oils; and, most recently, he organized the Tsunami Relief: Austin to South Asia concert and CD to the tune of $150,000 in aid. Not to mention the tunes! Hello! "Crazy," "Mamas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys," "Blue Eyes Cryin' in the Rain"? Thank you!

But forget all that—forget the civic duty, the patriotism, the farm relief, the environmental entrepreneurialism, and the fact that the feds keep pickin' on our elderly outlaw troubadour—and let's just think for a moment about all the things that weren't on Willie's bio-bus and praise the Lord: